Re: Barrow at home. : Wed Feb 12, 2025 3:34 pm  

A few years ago Batley did a deal where season ticket holders at SL sides could get in for a tenner at each game.

It worked out cheaper to buy a Giants Season ticket and then redeem that offer at each game, as opposed to buying a Batley season ticket.

Re: Barrow at home. : Thu Feb 13, 2025 2:04 pm  

In 2022 the 'Fax v Leigh league meeting was to be shown on the box (Premier Sports?); as a result 'Fax dropped admission to £10. A cold night, an easy (warm) watch in the First World, and no steep hills everywhere you turn.

No! It would have been wrong for Bongser not to travel over the 'ump when it was only a tenner.

Dropping admission DOES sometimes work.

If season-ticket holders start belly-aching, refer them to the parable of the workers in the vinyard

Re: Barrow at home. : Thu Feb 13, 2025 2:33 pm  

I remember it well, bonger, and 2,202 in attendance I recall. It's quite obvious the cost to get in influences if one attends or not, and anyone with any sense should know that. Taking an extreme, the Giants allowed free admission to their game against Catalans a few seasons ago which attracted over 9k. When Fax had the "bring a friend for a tenner" a couple of seasons back I tempted a mate who wouldn't have attended at full price. And on the flip side, I remember Nigel Wood increasing the charge for the visit of the Bulls at Thrum Hall which angered fans to the extend the attendance was some 3k down from what would otherwise been expected. So the proof is in the pudding as they say

On the subject of attendances in general, there were some pretty naff ones last weekend. Sheffield just 1.2k for the visit of last seasons GF winners? Hmmmmm ... it's no surprise womens soccer has now overtaken mens RL re crowd sizes. How embarrassing!

Re: Barrow at home. : Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:27 pm  

Tony Fax wrote:

the Giants allowed free admission to their game against Catalans a few seasons ago which attracted over 9k.

Many years ago they did free admission vs Cas, got about 10k but a lot were from Cas.

Not sure about vs Catalans, may have happened, but 9k turning up when it's free, when the football regularly get twice that shows the difference in support for the clubs and possibly the game